Intersections: HIV and COVID-19

In this series of short videos, Dr. Rowena Johnston, amfAR VP and Director of Research, talks to HIV researchers about their involvement in the fight against COVID-19. We’ll be adding new interviews regularly so check this page often.

amfAR’s Dr. Rowena Johnston interviews Dr. Betsy Herold of Albert Einstein College of Medicine about her research on COVID-19 in children and in particular the mysterious multi-system syndrome that affects a small number of children, sometimes after they have cleared the virus.

Dr. Eileen Scully of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a former amfAR grantee, talks to Dr. Rowena Johnston about the “moving target” of treatments for COVID-19 disease and what may be learned from the sex differences seen in the pandemic.

Dr. Michael Farzan of Scripps Research in Florida talks to Dr. Rowena Johnston about the potency and potential of antibodies, the foot soldiers of the immune system, for treating and preventing COVID-19.

Renowned Australian HIV researcher Professor Sharon Lewin speaks to amfAR’s Rowena Johnston about Australia’s response to the coronavirus and the collaboration among HIV researchers who are now addressing the new pandemic.

In this interview, amfAR grantee Dr. Keith Jerome of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center discusses issues of testing for the novel coronavirus and his team’s early involvement in the development of such a test.

amfAR’s Dr. Rowena Johnston talks to HIV researcher and amfAR grantee Dr. Timothy Schacker of the University of Minnesota about his involvement in clinical trials of experimental treatments for COVID-19.